Pie-rack



NrTnn STATES PATENT rrrcn.

EDORA VILOTT ANDERSON, OF VAN, OREGON.

PIE-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 618,317, dated January24, 1899. Application filed March 28,1898. Serial No. 6751436 (N0 mOdlT0 all whom it may concern:

Beit known that 1, Enorm YrLorr ANDER- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Van, in the county of Harney and State of Oregon,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pie-Racks; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

The objectvoi' my invention is to provide a simple andcheaply-constructed rack or support for pies or cakes in pans, wherebythe same may be conveniently exhibited or exposed to View and beprotected from flies or other insects.

The invention consists of a rack or holder comprising a frame made up oftwo parallel rings separate one from the other and a plurality oflongitudinally-extending wires connecting said rings and provided atpoints intermediate their ends with inwardly-extending loops orprojections constituting supports for receiving the edges of thepie-plates. The said rack is further provided with a hinged cover, bymeans of which access to the interior may be had, and both the frame andthe cover are covered with wire-netting or other suitable reticulatedmaterial, which will prevent the access of iiies or other insects to thepies contained within the holder. Suitable supporting means are alsoprovided, by means of which the rack may be supported from a hook.

In the drawing forming part of this specication the gure thereofrepresents a perspective view of a pie-rack constructed according to myinvention,with the door thereof shown in open position.

The said rack consists of a frame made up of two substantially parallelrings 1 2, of the same diameter, connected bylongitudinallyextendingwires 3 4 5, each provided at points intermediateits ends with a plurality7 of inwardly-extendingloops,offsets,orprojections G 6, upon which the pie-plates may be supported.

The corresponding loops 6 upon each of the wires 8, 4f, and 5 are in thesame horizontal planes, so that the pie-plate when in place will engagea loop or projection upon each of said wires. The wires 3 and 5 arelocated at diametrically opposite points and the wire 4 located betweenthe wires 3 and 5. The rings 1 and 2 are covered by flat strips ofwire-netting, and the side of the frame is covered by a curved strip 8of similaimaterial. Hinged to the longitudinal rod or wire 5 is an auX-iliary frame 9, which constitutes the door of the rack, the same beingmade up of semicircular strips 10 and 11 of sheet metal at the upper andlower ends thereof and a longitudinal strip 12, connecting the outerends of said semicircular strips. The said auxiliary frame, whichconstitutes the door, is covered with a sheet 13 of wire-netting, andthe longitudinal strip 12 is provided with a catch 14, which coacts witha keeper 15 on the longitudinal wire 3. Connected to the upper ring '2of the frame is a series of supporting-Wires 16 16, provided with hooks17 upon their upper ends, by means of which the rack may be supportedfrom a hook or other elevated sup port.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that by my construction Ihave provided a simple and cheaply-constructed rack for pies, cakes, andthe like, by means of which the same may be exhibited and at the sametime protected from flies and other insects.

When it is desired to insert or remove a pie from the rack, the door 9is swung open upon its hinges by first releasing the catch 14 from itskeeper 15. Afterward the door is closed and the pies upon the inside ofthe rack are completely protected.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A pie-rack consisting of a wire trame made up of an upper and a lowerring, longitudinally-extending wires connecting said rings provided witheyes at their opposite ends which embrace said rings and bent at pointsintermediate of their ends forming inwardlyextending offsets, two ofsaid longitudinallyextending wires located at diametrically oppositepoints with respect to said rings, and the other located at anintermediate point, wire-netting covering said rings and connecting theoppositely-located, longitudinally-extending Wires and the intermediatewire, leaving an uncovered space upon one side of said frame, and a dooradapted to inclose said un IOO covered space, consisting of aWire-Covered In testimony whereof I have signed this frame made up ofparalieLsubstantially semispecification in the presence of twosubseribxo circular strips located at the upper and lower ing witnesses.

ends thereof pivoted to one of the oppositely- Tlocated,longitudinelly-extendingWires of the EDORA VILOTT AhDERSO-Nframe and a, vertically-extending strip con- Vitnesses:

meeting the free ends of said semieiroular GUSS ROBERTSON,

strips, es and for the purpose set forth. JOHN D. DALY.

